There's been an increasingly disturbing trend around the forums of people attacking groups of posters with particular opinions. In addition, there's a pattern of using particular terms that rest of the line of personal attacks to refer to these groups.

Things like . . .

Kobe nuthuggersBynum jockersOdom fanboys

. . . will not be tolerated any more.

It's baiting and makes an argument personal. There are a number ways to conduct a conversation and stick to the issue instead of making classifications and generalizations about another poster or a group of members.

Let's keep away from the condescending remarks.

Instead, when referring to groups of fans, use terms such as these . . .

Kobe supportersBynum fans

That being said, keep in mind there are still ways to bait / attack other members aside from this rule. As always, please stay away from that.

As the Lakers soap opera continues and the site goes through a transitional phase, please take note . . .

We here at ClubLakers welcome all viewpoints and all types of fans.

You can be a Lakers fanYou can be a Kobe-first fanYou can be a Spurs fanYou can dislike Kobe BryantYou can like Kobe BryantYou can be an admitted Lakers "homer"

. . . and so on. You get the point.

When discussing a topic, please stick to the issue. Complaints about people who are allegedly/admittedly Kobe-first fans or members who religiously defend the Lakers front office are unnecessary.

There's a difference between discussing someone's point and someone's viewpoint.

Stick to debating the points a poster has made, and not bashing them for having an alternative view on the state of the Lakers (or the NBA for that matter).

Of course, there again is a fine line between free expression and trolling. If you have concerns about a member who you feel is posting for a reaction or attempting to serve a clear agenda without reason, please contact a moderator. Trying to continually call them out just makes more of a mess.

All fans of basketball are welcomed here as long as they abide by our rules.

Thank you for your support. If there are any questions & concerns, please feel free to sound off in this thread.

Slava laughed at the suggestion his skills might be affected by the down time. "Are you kidding?" he said. "Basketball is like ball. It's all a circle."

LOL at the need to do this. Kind of sad really that people don't know when to let things go. I don't know why, but nuthuggers,although highly inappropriate always cracked me up. That and someone posted something about swinging from his nuts.

I agree this is a good move ... despite my own use of improper terms from time to time.

Any thought given to prevent posters from calling Laker players names as well? People referring to Odom as O'Dumb or Walton as Puke is meant to bait other posters just as much as referring to groups of posters by derogatory names.

^^^ Okay, seriously that is censorship. BDG already stated what names should not be used. If you're going to get in trouble with using Odumb, you mine as well ban "retard" and "idiot." As far as the whole issue goes, people should be temporarily banned for baiting. Send a message saying, "Baiting will not be allowed. Please read over the language policies. Until then, you're temporarily banned for 30 minutes."

NY_Laker_Fan wrote:Any thought given to prevent posters from calling Laker players names as well? People referring to Odom as O'Dumb or Walton as Puke is meant to bait other posters just as much as referring to groups of posters by derogatory names.

Although making catchy insulting nicknames for players probably don't appear in my favorite posts, I still have to preserve free speech around here. So "Puke Walton" is perfectly legal, although my personal preference is not to use them and stick to discussing their performance.

The purpose of this rule is to cut down on personal attacks between member to member, simply because it disrupts conversation for others that want to positively participate in a thread.

If you're a fan of a player that's catching heat in a thread, please try to turn it into a basketball debate.

Of course, there's a point where the player-bashing turns into trolling. In that case, notify a staff member and we'll review it.

Slava laughed at the suggestion his skills might be affected by the down time. "Are you kidding?" he said. "Basketball is like ball. It's all a circle."

As the Lakers soap opera continues and the site goes through a transitional phase, please take note . . .

We here at ClubLakers welcome all viewpoints and all types of fans.

You can be a Lakers fan
You can be a Kobe-first fan
You can be a Spurs fan
You can dislike Kobe Bryant
You can like Kobe Bryant
You can be an admitted Lakers "homer"

. . . and so on. You get the point.

When discussing a topic, please stick to the issue. Complaints about people who are allegedly/admittedly Kobe-first fans or members who religiously defend the Lakers front office are unnecessary.

There's a difference between discussing someone's point and someone's viewpoint.

Stick to debating the points a poster has made, and not bashing them for having an alternative view on the state of the Lakers (or the NBA for that matter).

Of course, there again is a fine line between free expression and trolling. If you have concerns about a member who you feel is posting for a reaction or attempting to serve a clear agenda without reason, please contact a moderator. Trying to continually call them out just makes more of a mess.

All fans of basketball are welcomed here as long as they abide by our rules.

Thank you for your support. If there are any questions & concerns, please feel free to sound off in this thread.

Slava laughed at the suggestion his skills might be affected by the down time. "Are you kidding?" he said. "Basketball is like ball. It's all a circle."

Its good that you posted this as a sticky just as a constant reminder that this is a mature discussion board where anyone can come and have their ideas as long as they aren't hurtful to this community.

I believe that variation in ideas breeds progression and I'm glad that CL supports that view.

If on the morrow of the revolution, the masses of the people have only phrases at their service, if they do not recognize, by clear and blinding facts, that the situation has been transformed to their advantage, if the overthrow ends only in a change of persons and forumlae, nothing will have been acheived. -Peter Kropotkin

I just saw this and i think this fits well with the Pau fans, mostly me. Since only 3 or 4 spaniards post here regularly, i know it can be "annoying" for some people to hear the same speech for the same guy, but, they have to understand, and speaking for myself, i am a Pau fan first obviously. I came here with the Pau trade.

It has been 2 years now. I might be a little biased about Pau but nobody really cared since Pau was awesone. Now that he is having a bad time, people might be finding me more irritating.

Anyway, i think the OP might be worth to read again and people should relax a little bit.